Student-centered research : blending constructivism with action research

"Teachers increasingly are being charged to conduct research on teaching and learning in their classes. Action research is an instrument that teachers can use for their particular classroom to meet this charge. While traditional research provides effective guidelines for teaching and learning,...

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Main Author Pelech, James (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2021.
Subjects
Action research in education.
Constructivism (Education)
Student-centered learning.
Education > Research.
Philosophy and theory of education.
Education.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806604043
DOI10.1108/978-1-64802-534-1
Physical Description1 online resource (194 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / William H. Schubert
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction and overview
  • Why start with questions?
  • A rigorous model
  • Helping students learn
  • Academic achievement
  • Spillover Effects
  • Long-term out comes
  • Affective domain and motivation
  • Teacher actions in the classroom
  • Developing AI? structure for the decision-making process
  • References
  • Reflection and teacher research
  • Reflection as AI? tool of teacher instructional delivery
  • Reflection as AI? change agent
  • Reflection as an instrument of autonomy
  • Reflection as an instrument for passion and creativity
  • Taxonomies for reflection
  • Tools of reflection: written journals
  • Other platforms for reflection
  • Research on other reflection outcomes
  • Summary and checklist
  • References
  • Examining teacher research
  • Teacher research
  • Framework for teacher research
  • Developing AI? definition for action research
  • The action research model
  • Cognitive demands
  • References
  • Cognitive foundations
  • Changing perspective
  • Constructivism
  • Building AI? constructivist foundation for action research
  • Learning principles 1 and 2
  • Learning principles 3 and 4
  • How does knowledge come Into existence?
  • Learning principle 5
  • Learning principles 6 and 7
  • Specific cognitive actions for creating knowledge
  • Metacognition
  • Real-world problems
  • Learning principle 8
  • The action researcher and learning principle 8
  • The role of society
  • Learning principles 9 and 10
  • The action researcher and learning principles 9 and 10
  • Organization of knowledge
  • Learning principles 11 and 12
  • The action researcher and learning principles 11 and 12
  • Summary and looking ahead
  • References
  • Organizing the constructivist principles
  • Autonomy and uniqueness
  • Authentic products and authentic situations
  • Making connections and creating new knowledge networks
  • Creating and addressing disequilibrium/perturbations
  • Look to future chapters
  • References
  • Important prerequisites
  • Building teacher-student relationships
  • Promoting student autonomy
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Journal reflections, handwritten notes, and memos
  • Being AI? systems thinker
  • Use of constructivist principles to interpret data
  • Summary
  • What's Next?
  • References
  • Planning for the area of focus and the learning environment
  • The research question
  • The process of developing the research question
  • The final research question
  • Researcher bias and reflexivity
  • Participant relationships/characteristics of the learning environment
  • Ethics
  • Reflecting on the planning process and AI? look ahead
  • References
  • Planning for data, data interpretation, and communication
  • Data
  • analyzing and interpreting the data: creating AI? network of ideas
  • The communication plan
  • Flowing Into the actual project
  • References
  • Phase 1 of the action research project
  • Creating prior knowledge
  • Theorizing for the next cycle
  • Reviewing phase 1 and moving to phase 2
  • Phase 2
  • The first steps
  • The graphic organizer with partner interaction
  • Examining phase 2
  • References
  • Phase 3: affirming themes and restructuring
  • Student choice of notes format
  • Open notes and learning
  • Quizzing as part of AI? learning system
  • Instructor reorganization
  • Open-notes quizzes and creativity/higher-order thinking
  • The authentic product versus traditional approaches
  • Evaluating open-notes quizzes and learning
  • Action plan
  • Phase 4
  • Addressing the disequilibrium
  • Phase 4 and the learning process
  • References
  • The final action plan
  • Learning as the foundation of assessment
  • Quizzing as part of an entire system of learning and assessing
  • Making mistakes AI? vital part of learning
  • Personal reflection
  • Validity 
  • Closer look at validity in action research: value
  • A look at validity in action research: trustworthiness
  • Confirmability
  • A final look at validity: AI? constructivist process
  • References
  • About the Author.

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